Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG **SOLD** - Video Test Drive with Chris Moran - Supercar Network
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2007 Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG Test Drive with Chris Moran.
From Car and Driver:
To shoppers strolling the priciest showrooms of the car market, the landscape these days looks a lot like it did in the 1930s. Bugatti is back and as over the top as ever, Bentley builds massive, fast GTs, Rolls-Royce is selling a Phantom again, Maybach has outsmarted the Grim Reaper, a coachbuilder like Fisker will craft Your Highness a custom body, and perched among these glitterati is the Mercedes S65 AMG, a car that blends luxury, performance, and exclusivity in a way that recalls Mercedes' supercharged supercars of the '30s.
To create an S65, AMG starts with the latest-generation S-class, adds a menacing body kit that wouldn't look out of place on a Roush Mustang, bolts on 20-inch wheels and tires that fill the exaggerated fender flares and house huge brakes, firms up the Airmatic suspension, and slips in its most powerful engine. There's no supercharged straight-eight under the hood from the glorious past, but the modern equivalent: a bombastic 6.0-liter twin-turbo V-12 that makes 604 horsepower and 738 pound-feet of torque.
Forget about 60 mph - that's over in a wheelspin-filled 4.2 seconds. Where the righteous S65 really shows its stuff is above 100 mph. Squash the accelerator, and before you can say Mississippi 22 times, 150 mph arrives, faster than a Ferrari F430. Braking is similarly astounding. In front, large 15.4-inch rotors defy reason and stop the 5081-pound S65 from 70 mph in 154 feet, a stop several feet shorter than Mercedes' outrageous 617-hp superstar, the $455,750 SLR, can muster.
In keeping with the tradition of being unobtainable, the S65 is priced much like its predecessors. Those top-of-the-line Mercedes of the 1930s cost roughly 15 times the price of a mid-'30s Ford. The S65 that passed through our hands bore a price tag of $191,215 or, roughly, what 15 Ford Focuses cost. Suddenly, it's 1936 again.VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door sedan
PRICE AS TESTED: $191,215 (base price: $184,875)
ENGINE TYPE: twin-turbocharged and intercooled SOHC 36-valve V-12, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 365 cu in, 5980cc
Power (SAE net): 604 bhp @ 4800 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 738 lb-ft @ 2000 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 5-speed automatic with manumatic shifting
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 124.6 in Length: 205.0 in Width: 73.7 in Height: 58.0 in
Curb weight: 5081 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 4.2 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 9.2 sec
Zero to 150 mph: 21.4 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 4.4 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 12.4 sec @ 118 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 158 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 154 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad*: 0.90 g
FUEL ECONOMY:
EPA city driving: 13 mpg
C/D-observed: 12 mpg
*Stability-control-inhibited.
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Well, someone gotta buy this car brand new, then we can buy it second hand for 50% less after 4-5 years which still feels like new. I've never seen the point of buying a brand new car, unless you're very rich or a lottery winner
My point was that 3-5 years old car still feels like new, still looks stylish, worth buying for 50% less money. Altrought 10+ years old car is quite old and outdated design, when it breaks down the garage bill sometimes comes to 30%-40% of its current value. In my opinion buying 3-5 yrs old car is the best value for money
How'd you get a 6 month lease?
"I'm gunna go fast and vigorous, because that's the way i like it!" XD
The 2012-13 has 621hp...name another v12 super sedan the matches this on speed and crazy power.
Awesome question. In my experience, the more these torque monsters weigh, the better their ability to put the power down to the pavement. I know that sounds crazy, but when you drive these cars on the street, their tires are never drag-strip warm, and they spin them very easily. I remember a 2006 CL65 being very disappointing because I couldn't get it to hook up. This S65 hooks up much better than the CL65 did, so even being heavier, I think the new body feels and accelerates faster.
Its a Mercedes-Benz. The Best or Nothing.
Great to have you back! You should have said giggity after you said " Fast and Vigorous" lol
Dec 10, 2008
S65 and 911 Turbo Coupe - a daily driving dream pair.
@ 5:06...he said straight...car starts to pull off the road!!!!
Can you front end alignment?
I have an 07 myself I picked up with 90k, I love it
🤴 I won’t mind an S65 best torque monster sedan I knew so far 👑
correction S65 and
take your pick
-ferrari 458
-aventador
-SLS AMg
-Huayra
Damnit Chris, whenever I have my mind made up on the car I want......u show me this
What problems does this model have?
S65 AMG V12 biturbo W222, W221 : over 100 l/100km, easy damage, the lowest traction 0.7g, extreme tail flick, extreme slide by wider rear track than front track bodyworks and V12 biturbo intercooler petrol engines all.
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S65AMG databases
End report.
Maple Lake FP in Palos Hills, IL. Gorgeous park, and it's HUGE!
Is this car sold?
I was kickin' it for a bit. Took a little time off.
I still think it's the best 4-door sedan on the market.
Rangers Theme
They don't offer rear entertainment.
This IS a good investment. IF you can wait 40 years. The V12, will increase after that. A V12 Cadillac, 50 years old, just sold for $200k. Buy IT, cover IT up. :)
Now I'm really really disappointed from Mercedes, how do they wanna assist Maybach in the next years when they dont offer rear entertainment?
Except hp ratings
i dont know what mercedes as thinking when they designed those tail lights, the facelifted ones look MUCH better, can they be swapped ?
After the G Wagons, the 65 AMG or my favourite models... and I'd happily make do with a 2007 model with the extra $100k in my pocket.
Nais
200k? And it doesnt have rear-entertainment? dude thats not every-dollar-worth-it
No more d and m Chris? Missed ya you were out of the loop for a while!
Very. Halting. WayOf. Speaking.
Awsome Video!love your work.Keep it up!
Sls amg cus it's my favorite car ever p
Awesome video Chris. As always.
He didn't.
YES YOU ARE!
you can buy one for under 30 grand now
less than a v6 camry
Found one with 81,000 miles for 16,995. Crazy that this car was almost 200 k 11 years ago.
AMG - I'AM GAY
thats nice man ... nice to have you back ! i love your reviews
how come you stopped doing videos for a while ?